Antiques and unique in Palm Harbor gives home sellers after a fire ...

junction of Main Street vendor Carla Gillis watched in disbelief last week as the building where the antique mall went up in flames. Gillis, many of the other 100 dealers who rent space at the party of the mall for antiques and collectibles dealers believe Dunedin store a second home. There are customers who brought their children, grandchildren, and out-of-town friends to visit. There were women dressed in their best hats and earrings to read the latest entries. This is a place where everyone ? customers and dealers -. knew the names of others So a month later, former Knot suppliers say they welcome that we have a sense of camaraderie renewed large opening of antiques and unique, a Palm Harbor consignment shop run by two former dealers node . So far 12 of Antiques and unique ?15 suppliers are former dealers node. And five more are on the waiting list. node ?was like Cheers of Dunedin. It?s like family, and for many customers, this is home away from home,? said Gillis, 58, of Palm Harbor. ?Weather (Antiques and unique) opening is great because it gave us a choice.? Kym Eggers shopkeepers and Laura Cheek said the store opening on 5 July was ?bittersweet? moment. Women are former Knot suppliers, who have decided, before the fire to last for a year-old dream of starting their own business. Node ?is the first time I saw Cooperative Centre and we loved the idea? so they decided to pursue the same business model, says Eggers, 46, of Crystal Beach. business partners promised not to seek any node dealers for new business. But after the June 8 fire, they said, Barbara O?Connell, who owns the knot with her husband Bob, said Eggers and cheek to take the service, until he recovers. Eggers cheeks and said inventory in the barn, they were still tenants of the unit was also reduced to ashes in the June 8 fire. Many manufacturers of bathroom say that their belongings are not insured. ?This is so shocking and surreal,? Cheek, 48, of Clearwater said the flames. ?She hit a lot of people ? Many people lost everything.? Standing inside the gutted building this week, Bob O?Connell does not seem to notice a slight smoky flavor, which he directed the construction workers. O?Connell works the early morning, evening, weekends and even on holiday on July 4, hoping to resume at least in the southern part of the store before winter tourists. They were torn from the soaked carpet, pressure washed the soot-colored walls and used bulldozers to remove the piles of waste. But much work remains. There is a roof covering sections of the wall periodically, which remains constant on the north side of the building in which said firefighters fire started above the ceiling grid. Dunedin fire investigators last month determined the fire was electrical in nature and assessed damages of $ 1 million. In O?Connell said that waiting for green light from the city and the insurance company to get authorization to begin recovery. ?It does not look good yet,? said Bob in the store. ?But when they polished flooring and clean it, it will begin to look realistic.? Until then, former suppliers who are currently housed in Antiques and Unique say looking forward unit has resumed and will be sold in both places. Gillis, interior decorator who sells goods on the unit for four years, was one of two employees crew of cash registers, where ?little hint of smoke, like a breath of a cigarette,? began wafting from the ceiling. She estimates she lost $ 3,000 to $ 5,000 worth of uninsured items. But Gillis is three garage full of furniture, carpets, flowers and other goods which it is currently displayed in Antiques and unique. On 8 June, the seller said Kent ?Mac? McElheny he almost lost his lunch when he went five minutes from his home to the Pinellas Trail, only to find that the knot of Main Street was engulfed in flames. One month later, 62-year-old Dunedin geologist says it is still difficult to make an official number of what was destroyed. But he believes he lost the value of ?several thousand dollars on guitars, ukeleles, banjos and other elements of the fire. While he was thinking of purchasing insurance in the past, and? just never get around to it, ?he is? seriously ?thinking about insurance now. But even more it McElheny thoughts for the day when the unit opened its doors again. ? I have a soft spot in my heart for the bathroom, ?said he said. ?So when they will return.? Keyonna Summers can be contacted at ksummers@sptimes.com or (727) 445-4153.

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What: and Antiques, unique Where: 530 Alt. USA 19 N in Palm Harbor Contact: (727) 216-6216 Hours: Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 8:00, Sunday 11 :00-6: 00 Other:. Two more former suppliers Knot expected to open the ?Mad Hatter General Store? in the neighborhood of antiques and unique next month
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